LOCATION QUAGMEIER UT
Established Series
Rev. KDS/CGM/RLB
10/2018
QUAGMEIER SERIES
The Quagmeier series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately slow permeable soils that formed from alluvium derived from Claron Formation sandstone and limestone. Quagmeier soils are on fan remnants, remnant stream terraces, with slopes of 2 to 30 percent. The average annual precipitation is 15 inches and mean annual temperature is 50 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcidic Haplustalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Quagmeier very stony sandy loam--rangeland. The surface is covered by 25 percent gravel, 15 percent cobbles, and 15 percent stones.
A--0 to 6 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very stony sandy loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist; weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many very fine roots; 15 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, and 15 percent stones; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.0). (4 to 8 inches thick)
Btk--6 to 12 inches; very stony clay loam, brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky and moderately plastic; common distinct clay films on ped faces; 15 percent gravel, 10 percent cobbles, and 15 percent stones; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.1). (4 to 8 inches thick)
Bk1--12 to 23 inches; extremely stony loam, brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; carbonates disseminated throughout, 30 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments, 5 percent carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 25 percent gravel, 15 percent cobbles, and 20 percent stones; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.3). (8 to 14 inches thick)
Bk2--23 to 30 inches; extremely stony loam, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 30 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments, 15 percent carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 25 percent gravel, 15 percent cobbles, and 30 percent stones; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4). (4 to 10 inches thick)
Bk3--30 to 60 inches; extremely stony loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; massive; 30 percent carbonate coats on rock fragments 15 percent carbonate coats on surfaces along pores; 15 percent gravel, 15 percent cobbles, and 35 percent stones; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline (pH 8.5).
TYPE LOCATION: Kane County, Utah; Rainbow Point USGS quadrangle; lat. 37 degrees 23 minutes 55.71 seconds N. and long. 112 degrees 13 minutes 54.47 seconds W., Datum: NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture: Aridic ustic moisture regime
Mean annual soil temperature: 47 to 53
Depth to calcic horizon: 10 to 20 inches
Depth to argillic horizon: 5 to 10 inches
Surface rock fragments: 10 to 35 percent gravel, 10 to 30 percent cobbles, 5 to 15 percent stones and 0 to 5 percent boulders
Particle-size control section (weighted average):
Clay content: averaging 18 to 35 percent clay
Rock fragments averages: 35 to 65 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones
A horizon
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 3 to 5, dry or moist
Chroma: 3 to 6, dry or moist
Rock fragments: 35 to 60 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones
Btk horizon
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 4 or 5, dry or moist
Chroma: 3 to 6, dry or moist
Texture: clay loam, loam
Clay content: 27 to 35 percent
Rock fragments: 35 to 60 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones
Bk horizons
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR
Value: 4 to 6, dry or moist
Chroma: 3 to 6, dry or moist
Texture: loam, sandy loam, sandy clay loam
Clay content: 18 to 27 percent
Rock fragments: 35 to 75 percent gravel, cobbles, and stones
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 20 to 40 percent
COMPETING SERIES: This is the
Fangio (NM) and
Tsezhin (AZ) series. The Fangio soils have paralithic contact a deep to very deep depths. Tsezhin soils have a calcic horizon at 23 to 50 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: alluvium derived from Claron Formation sandstone and limestone
Landform: fan remnants and remnant stream terraces
Slopes: 2 to 35 percent
Elevation: 6,000 to 7,260 feet
Mean annual temperature: 45 to 51 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 12 to 17 inches
Frost-free period: 100 to 120 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Parkelei soils. Parkelei soils have an argillic horizon, but have no calcic horizons and are not skeletal.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, very low to low runoff, moderately slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are mainly used for rangeland, woodland, wildlife habitat and recreation. Potential native vegetation is two-needle pinyon, Utah juniper, Gambel's oak, Utah serviceberry, mountain big sagebrush, Indian ricegrass and muttongrass. This soil has been correlated to the Upland Stony Loam (Pinyon - Utah Juniper) 035XX321UT ecological site at the type location in Utah.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern Utah included in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument soil survey; this series is of limited extent; MLRA35.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Phoenix, Arizona.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Soil Survey, Kane County, Utah, 2004.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle-size control section - the zone from 6 to 12 inches (Bt horizon)
Ochric epipedon - from 0 to 6 inches (A horizon)
Calcic horizon - from 12 to 30 inches (Bk1, Bk2 and Bk3 horizons)
Classified according to Soil Taxonomy, Second Edition, 1999; Keys to Soil Taxonomy, Twelfth Edition, 2014
Updates and revisions for the correlation of Kane County (UT642), July 2017, CEM
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.